Rotary International Memorials: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Richard Aus
Richard Judson Aus was born to Minnie and Jacob Aus in Madison, South Dakota, on April 11, 1921. His siblings were Madelyn, Millard, and Doris. He attended local schools, his main interest being basketball. In his late teens, he spent two years of rewarding service in the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Black Hills of South Dakota. In 1941, he went into the United States Air Force and served as an aerial engineer until 1945. He was based in North Africa and Italy. At the end of World War...
